IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians IPL Records and Stats against Rajasthan Royals

Mumbai Indians will play their 3^rd match of IPL 2024 with their back against the wall. The game on Monday will witness the five-time champions take on Rajasthan Royals at home. The visitors led by Sanju Samson have won both their opening contests of the season so far.

Hardik Pandya led Mumbai Indians began their IPL 2024 season with a six-run loss to Gujarat Titans. This was followed by the MI bowlers getting hammered for 277 runs in the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

Rajasthan Royals have off-late been a thorn in the flesh of Mumbai Indians. The 2008 champions have enjoyed their fair share of success against the five-time IPL champions. The likes of Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal have feasted on the MI bowlers during their recent encounters.

Here’s a closer look at Mumbai Indians’ Stats and Records against Rajasthan Royals in IPL history:

Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – Head-to-Head record

Matches – 27

Mumbai Indians – 15

Rajasthan Royals – 12

Top run-scorer for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals

Suryakumar Yadav has scored the most runs for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals. The 33-year-old has hit 414 runs with a best of 79 runs which came during the IPL 2020 season game in Abu Dhabi.

Top wicket-taker for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals

Jasprit Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker for Mumbai Indians with 17 wickets from 12 games. The right-arm pacer picked his career-best figures of 4/20 during the IPL 2020 season. His wickets that day included Steve Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer and Shreyas Gopal.

Mumbai Indians' highest score against Rajasthan Royals 

The 214/4 that Mumbai Indians scored during their epic chase against Rajasthan Royals is their highest total. Tim David scored an unbeaten 45 runs off 14 balls and hit Jason Holder for three successive sixes to win the game for his side in an epic chase.

Mumbai Indians' lowest total against Rajasthan Royals

92 all out during the IPL 2013 season is the lowest total by Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals. Batting first RR scored 179/3 with Ajinkya Rahane scoring an unbeaten 68 from 54 balls. Dinesh Karthik’s 30 was the top score for MI and they lost the game by 87 runs.

Joint 5^th highest best run chase in IPL history

Mumbai Indians chased down an improbable-looking 213 runs against Rajasthan Royals during the IPL 2023 season. Batting first Rajasthan Royals scored 212/7 from their 20 overs with Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scoring with 124. 

Mumbai Indians saw Suryakumar Yadav top score with 55 as Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, and Tilak Varma chipped in with crucial runs. Tim David scored 14-ball 45 not out with 2 fours and 5 sixes to help his side win the contest.

7^th best all-round show by a single player in IPL history

During the IPL 2012 Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals game, Kieron Pollard wrote his name into the history books. The former West Indian star became one of few players to score a fifty and pick more than three wickets in the same game.

Pollard first top-scored with the bat scoring 64 runs from 33 balls to help MI score 197. Then with the ball, he got the big wicket of Ajinkya Rahane before mopping off the middle and late order of RR’s batting. This made Kieron Pollard the 7^th best all-round show by a player in IPL history.

Ishan Kishan joins a unique wicketkeeper list

Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper and batter Ishan Kishan to join a special list of IPL records. The youngster first took three catches and then scored an unbeaten 25-ball 50 to help his side win a key clash by 8 wickets with 11.4 overs left to play. This made him the 12^th wicketkeeper and batter to score a fifty and pick 3 catches in the same game.

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